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Mountain View College is an open-access public community college that opened in
1970 as the second of seven separately accredited colleges of the Dallas County
Community College District serving residents of southwest Dallas County, Texas.
Its service-area is comprised of urban, suburban, and industrial communities
that include the southwest quadrant of the city of Dallas, and the cities of
Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and Grand Prairie.

Mountain View College is an open-access public community college that opened in
1970 as the second of seven separately accredited colleges of the Dallas County
Community College District serving residents of southwest Dallas County, Texas.
Its service-area is comprised of urban, suburban, and industrial communities
that include the southwest quadrant of the city of Dallas, and the cities of
Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and Grand Prairie.

TexPREP was founded in 1979 by mathematics professor Dr. Manuel P. Berriozabal, at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Replication of the program began in 1986. Since 1997, with a grant from NASA, TexPREP has continued its replication in Hispanic-serving institutions nationwide.

Since the program’s origin, over 24,842 students have completed at least one summer component of TexPREP. Of those students, 81% were members of minority groups, 53% were women, and 38% came from economically disadvantaged families.

ResultsOf the 12,424 former participants who are of college age, 5,663 responded to the 2006 Annual Survey. The following is a summary of the results:

99.9% graduated from high school

99% attend college

83% of the college attendees graduated from college

79% of the senior college graduates are members of underrepresented minority groups

49% of the senior college graduates are science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering majors

75% of the science, mathematics, computer science, and engineering graduates are members of underrepresented minority groups

80% of the college students, junior college graduates, and senior graduates attended or graduated from Texas colleges